Record ID: CORN-066F5D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped hinged brooch, with the iron spindle held inside the tubular wings, visible from a break in the underside of one of the wings. The hinge is no longer in the notch behind the head of the brooch, which extends to a rectangular recess behind the bow, but this hollow back is filled with iron oxide suggesting that the missing pin was also made of iron. The wings have bulbous terminals defined by a moulded circumferential groove which is more visible on one side. The bow is triangular in plan, slightly expanded towards the wings, and narrowing down towards th…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-0417DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Cornish Type 31 aesica-variant brooch dating from the Roman period. Only the curved base of the cruciform bow and the fantail foot of the brooch remain, with part of the catchplate on the back of it, but the cross bar and the rest of the cruciform bossed bow does not survive. The foot is decorated with two opposing recessed scalene triangles, which would have originally been inlaid with enamel, above three recessed roundels which still have some of the green enamel intact within them. One corner of the foot is missing which would have had another recessed …
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-02FB83
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy buckle dating to c. 1690-1720. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape with an angled frame with rounded corners outside edge. The outside edges are slightly lobed. The strap bar and pin are missing. At the top of the outside edge where the bar would have been attached there are remains of an iron pin or bar. Parallel to this on the bottom bar a circular pierced hole is present with some iron residue. This could suggest that this may be a shoe buckle which would have had a loop chape with a single integral spike attached, and a drilled central ba…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-02A704
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post Medieval copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle with missing pin, dating to c.1575-1700 AD. The buckle is sub-rectangular in shape. One loop is oval and the other rectangular. The outside edge and bar are square in cross-section. There are six lobed knops on thee outside edge of the rectangular loop, and lobed knops at tw0 symmetrical points on the outer edge of the rounded loop. There is a lobed protrusion either end of the strap bar. The buckle is almost black in colour which could suggest that the buckle is tinned. The back of the buckle is flat and undecora…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-023ADA
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy ampulla dating to the Medieval period, c. 1350-1500. This example is of Spencer's type 2 and survives completely intact; it is bag-shaped in plan, with a flaring mouth, tapering neck (with a single co-incident side suspension lug on each side of the object) and rounded lower body. One face of the ampulla depicts a series of radiating raised moulded lines that give a scallop shell like appearance, while its reverse face depicts the design of a branch or flower set over the initial 'R'. Preserved in good condition with an even greyish patina, it measures 51.24m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-021773
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy rotary key dating to the Medieval period, c. 1150-1400. It demonstrates a circular bow with a large circular aperture at its midpoint and a circular-sectioned hollow shank. At the terminal of the shank, the bit projects- demonstrating a small cleft on each side. Preserved in fair condition with an even greenish patina, it measures 34.69mm in length, 12.96mm in diameter at the bow, and 4.46mm thick at the midpoint of the shank. It weighs 3.87g.
A broadly identical key has been recorded on the PAS database as KENT-EAD2F6. See also an example published by…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-01883A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British lugged disc plate brooch dating to the second century AD. The brooch is discoidal in plan with enamelled cells and eight peripheral lugs, one of which is broken and missing. The brooch has three internal circular cells, the innermost cell now being devoid of any decoration or insert. The two outer bands feature alternating panels of red and green enamell, the green panels being twice the size of the red panels. Separating the enamelled cells are solid concentric bands of silver, or silvered (white-metal coated) copper alloy. The periphe…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-0165DE
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn but complete copper-alloy uniface (one-sided) coin weight for the gold Angel of James I dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1604-1619. The coin weight is circular in plan and broadly sub-rectangular in section. The decorated upper face of the coin weight depicts a winged St Michael spearing a dragon, while the lower face is plain. Preserved with an even green patina and evenly struck flan, the weight measures 16.25mm in diameter, 2.72mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 4.51g.
The gold Angel was first issued in 1464 and continued in use until the end of James I's reign in 1…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-015F4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch probably dating to the 2nd century. Centrally is a rounded lozenge extending from two corners of which are rounded projections with shallow hollows, which would have contained coloured enamel. There may have been four projections originally, the missing two projecting from the top and bottom of the lozenge-shaped plate. Centrally is a projecting oval which has been engraved into the form of a human face. The head has a deep line over the top of the brow, and one attached to this that extends between the eyes and on to the nose - this m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-012EB1
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of post-medieval copper-alloy portable or pocket sundial of post medieval date (1600-1750).
The outer surface of the object has a rectangular channel cut just off-centre and 2.2mm in width. The external surfaces above and below this groove are worn but would have been smooth and the metal still retains a shiny appearance. The upper external surface is 4.6mm in width, whilst the lower surface is 6.3mm in width. Both surfaces have two linear grooves which flank the inside and outside edge of each section.
On the inner surface there are two rows of numbers grooved or punched in…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-011C2D
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Saxon bridle bit link dating to the period c. AD 1000 - 1100. One end exhibits a knobbed loop on a short shank with an off-centre oval boss, the reverse of which is hollow. On the other side of the boss is an oval loop worn through.
See: Williams, D, 2007, p. 4, fig. 5.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0115D4
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undatable Prehistoric (Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 4000-1600 BC) tertiary flint flake with short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch along the upper right dorsal edge. The flint is white/ blue grey in colour and opaque. It is not a struck flake and is triangular in shape with thick edges. Recent damage to one edge shows the flint beneath to be grey in colour and opaque. Alex Whitlock comments that it could be an attempt at a side scraper on debitage of perhaps Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (pers. comm. March 2018).
Measures 50.8x(max.)33.9x(max.)10.2mm and weighs 20.85g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-010B07
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1350-c. 1650).
The pin is missing.
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. Each loop is similar in size, oval in plan. The narrowed bar is sub-triangular in cross-section.
This frame is light brown with patches of a darker shiny brown patina.
Length: 29.0mm; width: 23.0mm; thickness: 2.3mm. Weight: 3.76g.
Similar buckles have been published and dated c. 1350-1650 (Whitehead 2003: 53).
Whitehead, R. 2003. Buckles 1250-1800. Greenlight Publishing. Witham.
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-00D288
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and misshapen post-Medieval copper-alloy double-looped buckle, a hanger for a sword belt (c. 1500-c.1630).
The lower part of the fame and part of the central bar is missing.
The frame is convex at the front and flat at the rear. The central bar is oval, almost circular, in cross-section. At the top, perpendicular to the bar, a sub-circular suspension loop has a circular hole, 4.7mm in diameter.
This buckle is largely green with flecks of a darker green patina. The breaks are old.
Length: 46.7mm; width: 38.0mm; thickness: 3.9mm; thickness including loop: 11.0m…
Created on: Wednesday 7th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.